Saturday, March 12, 2011

Shakira and TV Jones prepared for victims in Colombia

- The Colombian singer Shakira and the U.S. producer Quincy Jones are preparing a TV special about the flood victims in Colombia, which also involved the president Juan Manuel Santos, said on Saturday, sources close to the project. Shakira, who on Saturday gave a concert in Bogota, met Friday night with Santos to record part of the program that airs in the United States, which seeks to raise funds for some 2.2 million Colombians affected by Heavy rains last year.

The president told reporters that it is "a program to educate the world about this tragedy we are experiencing winter and unfortunately may be aggravated by rain, which began again." Quincy Jones and Shakira have demonstrated their generosity. Thank you very much for that solidarity, that big heart that has always had, "Santos said after the meeting Shakira.

This program is an initiative of the president. To be broadcast on television in America, "the AFP said a source close to the singer. However, it remains to be defined chain and when it will be issued. Shakira is a native of the city of Barranquilla on the Caribbean Sea, one of the most affected by rainfall last year in this country.

Colombia in 2010 suffered one of their worst seasons of rain, with more than 300 deaths, 2.2 million homeless, and hundreds of homes, schools, roads and other infrastructure damaged and 1.3 million hectares of land flooded. Emergency care has been estimated that over 5,000 million dollars.

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